My mum took me to JW meetings in the 1940s but she died when I was 19 years (Dad had died 10 years before) Joined JWs when I was 40 years in 1974 when married with two small children -disfellowshipped 1983 for immorality (self confessed)following divorce - being a one parent family with my son Nicolas - re-instated in 1987 but disfellowshipped again in 1990 for same reason Continued to attempt re-instatement untill discovering the real truth about the WTS in 2002/3 on the Internet Read Raymond Franz and Carl Olof Johnnson Sent letter of disassociation 1993 Now retired (but not inactive) I live solo (and badly isolated - since 1983 I'm the last person left alive in my original family) I'm a part-time musician (a lifelong activity-discouraged when active witness) doing singalongs in retirement homes I'm a one man band (keyboard/guitar/harmonica/vocals)- jazz oriented Desperately hoping to find ex JWs to converse with on MSN messenger or even meet with like minded musicians e mail [email protected] please e mail me